Lyn MacDonald, is a British military historian best known for a series of books on the First World War that draw on first hand accounts of surviving veterans. She lives in London, England.
They Called It Passchendaele (1978), an account of the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917.
The Roses of No Man's Land (1980), a chronicle of the war from the neglected viewpoint of the casualties and the medical teams who struggled to save them.
Somme (1983), a history of the legendary and horrifying battle that has haunted the minds of succeeding generations.
1914: The Days of Hope (1987), a vivid account of the first months of the war and winner of the 1987 Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award.
1914-1918: Voices and Images of the Great War (1988), an illuminating account of the many different aspects of the war.
1915: The Death of Innocence (1993), a brilliant evocation of the year that saw the terrible losses of Aubers Ridge, Loos, Neuve Chapelle, Ypres and Gallipoli.
To the Last Man: Spring 1918 (1998), a story of the second battle of the Somme.
At the Going Down of the Sun, 365 soldiers from the Great War. Co-writer with Ian Connerty, Sir Martin Gilbert, Peter Hart, Lyn MacDonald and Nigel Steel, Lannoo, Tielt, 2001.
